gcc-4.6 is needed (two of the libraries demand GLIBCXX_3.4.15 in libstc++), libappindicator definitely not, I've got it running (apart from it messing with my mouse cursor) flawlessly on x86 without that over here using the ebuild I posted on bugzilla.

unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 1176 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_2AA7D511F4EF63DE0DBF4615AE863A07
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[1107/141215:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(239)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
[1107/141215:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(646)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
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response: CrashID=bp-304a1355-6957-48d6-991c-93fc42121107

Asking because I got the exact same message on a Mint install, where I first tried this, but Steam does run regardless. It's on an ooold Fujitsu laptop so 32-bits only. I do have an issue when it does run, however. The graphics are messed up (some buttons for example have white boxes where there should be text, while the other button next to it with, CANCEL for example, shows up properly.

I'm suspecting the Intel graphics chip (or rather the drivers/chip combo) is the culprit there.

Off to try on Gentoo with nVidia next!_________________Kind Regards,
~ The Noob Unlimited ~

Intel graphics works over here. Maybe you are missing fonts? corefonts or ttf-bitstream-vera maybe?

I figured that might be the case, and tried some fonts out (now including your suggestion as well), but no help. It's not only the buttons with fonts, either. For example in the Steam Login screen, where there should be the Steam-logo, the minimise and close buttons (_ and X), the 'remember my password' box, and “Login” have white boxes covering more or less of them.

Interestingly, if I start typing a password, one character shows as a *, when I type in the next character, they are covered by a whiteness. When I type the third one, they all appear as * again.

Four and five is whiteness, and after six, they show up as stars until the whole area is filled, where the whiteness comes again. Must be something about the length/size of things. :S

Granted, I've only really experienced it with DirectX apps, not OpenGL.
ANYblue, that's just another story; getting off-topic'ish.

Edit:

On Gentoo, I should be OK after installing gcc-4.6, I guess (that, or I have to compile everything with it first), but it simply exits with the same “Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)” message, hrm.

Also, is there something obviously wrong with the /usr/bin/steam claiming that “# these variables can be overridden on commandline”? I don't have room in the default path to install anything large. While I was able to make Steam install to a custom location by editing the /usr/bin/steam itself, using the variable LAUNCHSTEAMDIR=/blah/blah only results to:

Code:

/usr/bin/steam: line 64: /blah/blah/steam.sh: No such file or directory

The ebuild worked fine for me. It's not entirely useless as it keeps needed dependencies installed without cluttering /var/lib/portage/world. The steam installed into /usr is just small installer which downloads and installs steam into ~/Steam.

If I try to start steam (with the ebuild from the bug report) and use LD_DEBUG="libs" I get these errors. I am running radeon open source drivers and emul-linux-xlibs-20121028. Without the env variable I just get a segfault crash.
Anybody an idea?

The ebuild worked fine for me. It's not entirely useless as it keeps needed dependencies installed without cluttering /var/lib/portage/world. The steam installed into /usr is just small installer which downloads and installs steam into ~/Steam.

That's hardly an argument. You can use "sets". Create a file called "/etc/portage/sets/steam" and enter all the needed deps there.

As a follow-up to my above testing, still not running on the 64-bit main-machine (not yet sure what is missing), but I tried on a Gentoo install on the little laptop that has graphical weirdness when using Mint.

So it runs without the graphical glitches that way, only it is using software rasterizer, because gallium does not work with this old chip, as I understand it, and with classic, I get the GLXBadContext X Window System error.

That is with mesa-9~, and I imagine the graphical glitches will happen there as well if I try mesa-8~ (confirmed later with 8.0.4-r1).

Moreover, when trying to install something (this happened with Mint as well), for example Osmos or Penumbra or Amnesia, it will say it is/was installing, but doesn't download anything, and it will show them as installed, but the folder it creates are empty. :S

Don't have space on that tiny little thing to even try and start downloading TF2.

While writing this, I noticed the addition of app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-gtklibs to the deps. I guess I forgot to install that earlier... silly me. Not sure why app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-sdl is now a block? I'm not removing that since it's depended on by packages such as wine and znes currently.

After installing them gtklibs (facepalm), it works, but it's still trying to install the games to ~/ even though the launch path is different, meaning no space to install anything, ha! I've been meaning to sort my partitions for ages...

spacelike wrote:

hasufell wrote:

place the .desktop file, the bootstraplinux_ubuntu12_32.tar.xz and this script http://slexy.org/view/s2iz51l62y in one folder, edit it to your liking, run it and be done

add known dependencies to the wiki article

I did this and still get the message:
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1352224866_client)
no other info, and it just quits.

I did also updated to: =app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs-20121028
But same error.

I do believe that 'error' is not an error, or at least not fatal, because as I stated earlier, I got it on Mint where the thing runs OK (and I get it now on Gentoo just as well, where it runs). I would suggest you to check that you have all the emul-linux libs that are needed._________________Kind Regards,
~ The Noob Unlimited ~

As said there... ask here first, post your solutions and if people confirm that it works, update the wiki page.
The bugreport (ebuild request) is not for discussion on getting this experimental piece of software working.

On my system, steam segfaults after startup if emul-sdl is installed. I guess it's interfering with the sdl-lib provided by steam itself. If no one else can confirm this, I'll remove the block.

Ah, I see!

I do have app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-sdl-20121028 installed (have not tried without), and no segfaults here (can log in successfully and mess around with non-installing applications just as with my Mint-test, only without the graphical glitches other than the mouse cursor being flipped from left to right (or from right to left, whatever))._________________Kind Regards,
~ The Noob Unlimited ~

Sore wa sore, kore wa kore.

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